I picked up a used all inclusive package deal with tents, some lights, fan, filter, misc ducting.
I did not get much of a chance to look at the ballasts and bulbs until a week after I bought the gear and started to setup the main tent.
I know the seller had some different lighting that was brand new and he returned it. And I'm left with the following.
BTW this is a personal med grow where I have an 8x8 tent that I plan on putting anywhere from 8 to max 15 plants. And I plan on doing autoflower only at least for a while.
I'm trying to figure out how to take the gear that I have and make it in to a lighting system that will be simple to use for autoflowers.
I have 2x's 600 watt magnetic ballasts from UltraGrow. These are HPS ballasts. This do not have any switching for bulb types or any kind of adjustment for wattage.
I also have 2 x's 400 watt Philips HPS bulbs that should in theory have low hours.
And I have 2 x's tube coolers with reflectors.
I was hoping I could take the parts I have and make them do duty for full cycle autogrows. I'd like to be able to reuse the ballasts and tube reflectors and have a simple low cost bulb strategy where I don't have to change bulbs when transitioning from seedlings to veg plants to flowers.
Can I totally assume the 400 watt MH Philips bulbs won't work with the ballast and I can't even use the 400 watts during times I don't need full 600 watt? Or will I have to get new 600 watt HPS lights? And can I egt 600 watt HPS bulbs that are full spectrum that I can use for the full play lifecycle?
Or would I be better off selling the lights I have and replace them with something else?
I did not get much of a chance to look at the ballasts and bulbs until a week after I bought the gear and started to setup the main tent.
I know the seller had some different lighting that was brand new and he returned it. And I'm left with the following.
BTW this is a personal med grow where I have an 8x8 tent that I plan on putting anywhere from 8 to max 15 plants. And I plan on doing autoflower only at least for a while.
I'm trying to figure out how to take the gear that I have and make it in to a lighting system that will be simple to use for autoflowers.
I have 2x's 600 watt magnetic ballasts from UltraGrow. These are HPS ballasts. This do not have any switching for bulb types or any kind of adjustment for wattage.
I also have 2 x's 400 watt Philips HPS bulbs that should in theory have low hours.
And I have 2 x's tube coolers with reflectors.
I was hoping I could take the parts I have and make them do duty for full cycle autogrows. I'd like to be able to reuse the ballasts and tube reflectors and have a simple low cost bulb strategy where I don't have to change bulbs when transitioning from seedlings to veg plants to flowers.
Can I totally assume the 400 watt MH Philips bulbs won't work with the ballast and I can't even use the 400 watts during times I don't need full 600 watt? Or will I have to get new 600 watt HPS lights? And can I egt 600 watt HPS bulbs that are full spectrum that I can use for the full play lifecycle?
Or would I be better off selling the lights I have and replace them with something else?
